Process Philosophy: A Survey of Basic Issues - Hardcover

Rescher, Nicholas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0822941422 ISBN 13: 9780822941422

Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2000

Synopsis

A survey of the basic issues and controversies surrounding the philosophical approach known as "process philosophy". Nicholas Rescher examines the movement's historical origins, reflecting a major line of thought in the work of such philosophers as Leibniz, Bergson and A.N. Whitehead.

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About the Author

Nicholas Rescher is Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh and co-chairman of the Center for Philosophy of Science. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, he has served as president of the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association, the Leibniz Society of North America, the Charles S. Peirce Society, the American Catholic Philosophical Association, and the Metaphysical Society of America. Rescher is the author or editor of more than one hundred books, including Ignorance (On the Wider Implications of Deficient Knowledge), Philosophical Inquiries: An Introduction to Problems of Philosophy, and A Journey through Philosophy in 101 Anecdotes.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0822941422
• ISBN 13: 9780822941422
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 152